Ritsuko Endo

...The Kuwasawa Design School (Kuwasawa Dezain Kenkyūsho) was founded in 1954 by Yōko Kuwasawa. It was the first design school in Japan to follow the heritage of the Bauhaus philosophy. Yōko Kuwasawa was a design journalist who wanted...

Paddy O’Shea

...The modern Olympic Games, first held in Athens in 1896 and commemorating the athletic competitions among city states in ancient Greece, have become a way for countries not only to celebrate their sporting prowess, but also to define...

Sonoko Monden

...Japanese graphic designer Kamekura was an important exponent of postwar Japanese graphic design. His posters, logotypes, packages, and book designs had a decisive effect on the use of abstraction in graphics
thereafter....

Shinsuke Omoya

...Kuramata was a Japanese designer influential in interior, furniture, and product design. Born in Tokyo in 1934, Kuramata studied furniture and interior design at the Tokyo High School of Industrial Art and the Kuwasawa Design Institute. He...

...Kuramata was a Japanese designer influential in interior, furniture, and product design. Born in Tokyo in 1934, Kuramata studied furniture and interior design at the Tokyo High School of Industrial Art and the Kuwasawa Design Institute. He...

Catharine Rossi

...Memphis is a Milan-based international design collective credited with creating and introducing the Postmodern design style. The collective was born in December 1980, when the Italian architect Ettore Sottsass began inviting young protégés...

James Slauson

...In 1978 authors Kron and Slesin defined the term high-tech as “a play on the words high-style and technology,” a design style also termed “Hard Hat Habitat” at the time. Despite its connection with the later 1970s, the roots of the style...

...Japanese graphic designer Kamekura was an important exponent of postwar Japanese graphic design. His posters, logotypes, packages, and book designs had a decisive effect on the use of abstraction in graphics thereafter. Despite his...

Yasuko Suga

...Uchida is a Japanese interior, lighting, and furniture designer. After graduating from the Kuwasawa Design School in 1966, Uchida established his own Design Studio in 1970 and Studio 80 with Toru Nshioka in 1980. His major works...

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